Fort Dick leans Republican by roughly 24 points: about 38% of voters vote Democratic and 62% Republican.
About 36% of adults in Fort Dick typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fort Dick, ~14% vote Democratic, ~23% Republican, and ~63% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Fort Dick compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Fort Dick leans more Republican than 7 of 8 neighbors.
Fort Dick runs about 43 points more Republican than California as a whole. California leans Democratic overall, while Fort Dick is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Fort Dick leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Fort Dick, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Fort Dick votes against the grain of California. California leans Democratic overall, while Fort Dick runs about 43 points more Republican. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Fort Dick sits in the bottom quarter (about 14%, below 80% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 91% of households in Fort Dick are family households, in the top fraction of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Fort Dick, CA sits below the national average on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Fort Dick looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Fort Dick is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 70% of adults in Fort Dick have completed high school, below 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from California Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.